Last fiscal year’s budget surplus is now anticipated to hit 500 million dollars, and opponents of the Edwards Administration say the surplus is evidence that the Governor’s .45 percent sales tax increase in 2018 was ultimately unnecessary. House Republican Chairman Lance Harris…
The administration defended the surplus saying it was larger than expected do to better than expected economic performance from the state, and the federal tax reform.
The Louisiana Craft Brewers Guild wants to see more local brews sold at Tiger Stadium. Currently, the only Louisiana beer on sale inside Death Valley is Abita’s Strawberry Lager. And Guild executive director Cary Koch says of the seven beers offered, two are from a neighboring state.
Governor Edwards continues to pace his Republican challengers in fundraising. New campaign finance reports show Edwards raised one-point-seven-million dollars in the latest quarter and has nearly six-million dollars available as he tries to avoid a runoff. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says he’s in a good spot.
Edwards raised twice as much as top polling Republican challenger Ralph Abraham.
A statewide charity is encouraging those hunters that need to clear their freezers of last year’s bounty to donate that meat to those that may be less fortunate. Hunters for the Hungry executive director Julie Grunewald says the sportsman’s paradise sees a huge variety in meats donated every year.
Cut 15 (10) “…those less fortunate.”
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